Kelly Reid was named the Savannah Morning News basketball player of the year last season after leading the Raiders to their first state championship game appearance.

Thursday, the 6-foot-1 senior achieved another first by signing a letter of intent to play at Colgate University.

Flanked by her mother, father, siblings and Raiders coach Toy Byrd, Reid signed on the dotted line to the applause of classmates and teachers as she became the first female basketball player in SCPS history to receive a Division I baskeball scholarship.

"I'm really excited, I've been waiting for this day for a long time," said Reid, who averaged 16.7 points and 8.6 rebounds per game last season, when she was selected first team All-State. "This gives me some security. ... I can't wait to start my college career."

Reid said she chose Colgate because it combines an excellent academic reputation with the chance to play Division I basketball.

"I liked the campus and the coaches, and the team is like a family. The school reminds me a lot of Savannah Christian," she said.

While her future is set at Colgate, Reid is not looking past this season.

"We've got to take it one game at a time, but the goal is to get where we were last year and finish it off," Reid said.

Byrd said Reid and the team have been working hard toward that goal.

"It's been a real treat to be able to coach Kelly the last three seasons," Byrd said. "And she is a great leader, on and off the court."

Other signees:

-- Three Richmond Hill High School baseball players will continue their careers in college beginning with the 2012 season.

Kevin Matthews (Virginia); Alex Real (Wingate College); and Billy Kilmer, (Georgia College and State University), all signed letters of intent Wednesday.

Former Richmond Hill High School baseball coach Mitchell Curry coached the seniors during the previous three seasons.

"Those young men are very deserving for all the hard work they have put in. Each one has started since they were sophomores and were significant contributors to the playoff teams of the last two seasons," he said."They have a bright future ahead of them, and I'm sure they will continue to have success."

The trio helped lead Richmond Hill to an 18-10 record last season and a berth in the Class AAA state playoffs.

Kilmer and Matthews are left-handed pitchers, Real is a shortstop. All three will be back on the field for the Wildcats next spring.

-- St. Andrew's senior Erika Wozniak plans to sign a letter of intent today to swim at the University of Louisville.

Wozniak swims a variety of events, but her specialty is the distance freestyle. She has competed for the Georgia Coastal Aquatic team.

-- Metter's Pete Nagel, who signed to play baseball at Georgia. His classmate, Lexi Allen, signed to play softball at Georgia Southern.

-- Liberty County senior Joe Watkins signed to play baseball at Georgia Southern.

-- Armstrong Atlantic State signed softball players Bridget Devlin, of Effingham County, and Alexis Mercer, of South Effingham.

-- Savannah Country Day golfer Charlie Smiley is set to sign a letter of intent Monday to compete at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C. Smiley won the Region 3-A title as a freshman and shared medalist honors at the 2009 Class A state tournament, when he shot a 68.